OT - What are you doing right now?

nolaegghead

kl8ton said:

nolaegghead said:

No fasteners?  Except for the fasteners that existed in the timber prior to starting?

Festool Dominos (floating tenons) and some old fashioned mortise and tenon.  I just glue those, I don't try end-gluing anything anymore unless it's epoxy. 

I put a few 16 gauge finish nails in the tenons to hold them during glue-up.  I normally don't but I was in a hurry.  I'll lock tenons in with dowels if I need it extra strong like a BGE table.

This type of joinery lasts a lifetime versus pocket screws.  (pocket screws are great for some things, tho).

fishlessman

did up some cod and scollop casserole for breakfast, and some salad peppers and sausage later on. also started a mock champagne vinegar in a bean pot

Wolfpack

GrateEggspectations said:

Not mine. Just trying on B-I-L’s new acquisition. 

Great looking SD43

MJG

Moderna vaccination shot 1 in the books. 

frazzdaddy

MJG said:

Moderna vaccination shot 1 in the books. 

Get mine Wed.

nolaegghead

My buddy is a lawyer who represented some South American banana republic General's kid and got him out of some legal trouble at Tulane (University).  General dad was so grateful he gave my buddy a Rolex.   The one with the green dial. 

poster

paid off the mortgage.....finally

JohnInCarolina

poster said:

paid off the mortgage.....finally

Quite the milestone.  Congrats!  

SciAggie

@poster
Congratulations!

nolaegghead

@poster - congrats!  If we haven't already, next month for us.

poster

Thanks, its a good feeling. Was always my goal to do it before turning 40, and made it by 6 weeks. Just in time for the kid to start university....

CPFC1905

poster said:

paid off the mortgage.....finally

Lend us a fiver, then? 

FarmingPhD

poster said:

paid off the mortgage.....finally

Congrats!

lousubcap

@poster- you will likely be pining for the mortgage payment in a trade with college tuition these days.  Congrats.  

ColtsFan

It pays to carry a mortgage here. Property taxes will kill you without the mortgage exemption. Time to take a mortgage out with rates being as cheap as they are

nolaegghead

ColtsFan said:

It pays to carry a mortgage here. Property taxes will kill you without the mortgage exemption. Time to take a mortgage out with rates being as cheap as they are

We have a "homestead exemption" which essentially gives you a 75k credit on your property tax, regardless of the mortgage or lack of one.  You just need to own the property and you only get to pick one property if you have multiple.

Seems like the mortgage requirement is a gift to banks.

poster

ColtsFan said:

It pays to carry a mortgage here. Property taxes will kill you without the mortgage exemption. Time to take a mortgage out with rates being as cheap as they are

Our property taxes get paid the same, mortgage or not. Ive never heard of what you mention up here.I live outside the city limits, so im at about 3k/yr. A few miles closer to town it would be 6k/yr

ColtsFan

Stirring together some knock-off Cracker Barrel hash brown casserole per SWMBOs request. Yes dear. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Trying to change my forum picture, but it keeps timing out.

Wolfpack

nolaegghead said:

My buddy is a lawyer who represented some South American banana republic General's kid and got him out of some legal trouble at Tulane (University).  General dad was so grateful he gave my buddy a Rolex.   The one with the green dial. 

Likely the “hulk” or less likely the “Kermit”.   The hulk was discontinued this year and is selling about 60% over retail on the used market. Good time for your friend to sell if he doesn’t love it. 

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

My buddy is a lawyer who represented some South American banana republic General's kid and got him out of some legal trouble at Tulane (University).  General dad was so grateful he gave my buddy a Rolex.   The one with the green dial. 

Guess we know the cost of a soul.

I kid, I kid*.  Nice of your friend to help, and nice of the general to care enough to help his son.

*This is assuming the legal trouble did not involve dead bodies or violence.

Canugghead

poster said:

ColtsFan said:

It pays to carry a mortgage here. Property taxes will kill you without the mortgage exemption. Time to take a mortgage out with rates being as cheap as they are

Our property taxes get paid the same, mortgage or not. Ive never heard of what you mention up here.I live outside the city limits, so im at about 3k/yr. A few miles closer to town it would be 6k/yr

Congrats on the achievement, and have fun with kids' tuitions, been there done that 

Yup, AFAIK canucks don't get mortgage relief.

nolaegghead

Wolfpack said:

nolaegghead said:

My buddy is a lawyer who represented some South American banana republic General's kid and got him out of some legal trouble at Tulane (University).  General dad was so grateful he gave my buddy a Rolex.   The one with the green dial. 

Likely the “hulk” or less likely the “Kermit”.   The hulk was discontinued this year and is selling about 60% over retail on the used market. Good time for your friend to sell if he doesn’t love it. 

I'll ask.  I managed to get a vaccine appointment for Thursday (surprised me).  So I gave my buddy/neighbor/brisket camp lawyer (with the watch) a call to gloat.  But before I could even tell him, he told me he's pretty sure he has the virus. 

He's waiting on the test results from Monday morning.  Sounds like he has most of the symptoms.  He and his wife are some of the most careful people I know.  Just goes to show you can still get it wearing a mask and watching the hand hygiene....scary because epidemiologists are crapping their pants right now with the highly contagious variants becoming dominant.  Might very well be one of those variants.

He's feeling bad fighting it in a dark room and the bath room (yes, that's a common symptom).  Feel for him.  Wife not symptomatic.  She's wearing a mask in the house and sleeping in another room.

Eoin

poster said:

ColtsFan said:

It pays to carry a mortgage here. Property taxes will kill you without the mortgage exemption. Time to take a mortgage out with rates being as cheap as they are

Our property taxes get paid the same, mortgage or not. Ive never heard of what you mention up here.I live outside the city limits, so im at about 3k/yr. A few miles closer to town it would be 6k/yr

Personal taxes seem really complicated in the US.

HeavyG

Eoin said:

poster said:

ColtsFan said:

It pays to carry a mortgage here. Property taxes will kill you without the mortgage exemption. Time to take a mortgage out with rates being as cheap as they are

Our property taxes get paid the same, mortgage or not. Ive never heard of what you mention up here.I live outside the city limits, so im at about 3k/yr. A few miles closer to town it would be 6k/yr

Personal taxes seem really complicated in the US.

They are.

fiber_induced_deuce

nolaegghead said:

Wolfpack said:

nolaegghead said:

My buddy is a lawyer who represented some South American banana republic General's kid and got him out of some legal trouble at Tulane (University).  General dad was so grateful he gave my buddy a Rolex.   The one with the green dial. 

Likely the “hulk” or less likely the “Kermit”.   The hulk was discontinued this year and is selling about 60% over retail on the used market. Good time for your friend to sell if he doesn’t love it. 

I'll ask.  I managed to get a vaccine appointment for Thursday (surprised me).  So I gave my buddy/neighbor/brisket camp lawyer (with the watch) a call to gloat.  But before I could even tell him, he told me he's pretty sure he has the virus. 

He's waiting on the test results from Monday morning.  Sounds like he has most of the symptoms.  He and his wife are some of the most careful people I know.  Just goes to show you can still get it wearing a mask and watching the hand hygiene....scary because epidemiologists are crapping their pants right now with the highly contagious variants becoming dominant.  Might very well be one of those variants.

He's feeling bad fighting it in a dark room and the bath room (yes, that's a common symptom).  Feel for him.  Wife not symptomatic.  She's wearing a mask in the house and sleeping in another room.

 

Very sorry to hear this and truly hope for the best.

And still, eggfest because we livin’

smdh

lousubcap

That's tough news @nolaegghead.  Just reinforces for me all the reasons to get the vaccine as soon as you can along with following all the other guidelines.  This thing is a long way from being well managed by the US, never mind the rest of the world.  

fishlessman

i think im having fun with plantar fasciitis, thinking about hitting it with a baseball bat

ColtsFan

Scheduling my COVID vaccine. Indiana just opened it up for "high risk" persons.

Wolfpack

fishlessman said:

i think im having fun with plantar fasciitis, thinking about hitting it with a baseball bat

Fought that one for about a year- switched to higher arch shoe inserts and then did calf stretches probably 4-5 times a day religiously. First stretch in bed before my feet hit the floor. About 30 days later the pain was gone